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38 U.S.C. § 1110 - Basic entitlement

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For disability resulting from personal injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, or for aggravation of a preexisting injury suffered or disease contracted in line of duty, in the active military, naval, air, or space service, during a period of war, the United States will pay to any veteran thus disabled and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable from the period of service in which said injury or disease was incurred, or preexisting injury or disease was aggravated, compensation as provided in this subchapter, but no compensation shall be paid if the disability is a result of the veterans own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs.

(Pub. L. 85857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1119, § 310; Pub. L. 101508, title VIII, § 8052(a)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388351; renumbered § 1110, Pub. L. 10283, § 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105178, title VIII, § 8202(a), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 105206, title IX, § 9014(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 865; Pub. L. 116283, div. A, title IX, § 926(a)(7), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3830.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116283 substituted “air, or space service” for “or air service”. 1998—Pub. L. 105178, which directed the substitution of “, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or use of tobacco products” for “or abuse of alcohol or drugs” before the period at end, was amended generally by Pub. L. 105206, which provided that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made. See Effective Date of 1998 Amendment note below. 1991—Pub. L. 10283 renumbered section 310 of this title as this section. 1990—Pub. L. 101508 substituted “a result of the veterans own willful misconduct or abuse of alcohol or drugs” for “the result of the veterans own willful misconduct”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1998 AmendmentTitle IX of Pub. L. 105206 effective simultaneously with enactment of Pub. L. 105178 and to be treated as included in Pub. L. 105178 at time of enactment, and provisions of Pub. L. 105178 as in effect on day before July 22, 1998, that are amended by title IX of Pub. L. 105206 to be treated as not enacted, see section 9016 of Pub. L. 105206, set out as a note under section 101 of Title 23, Highways.

Effective Date of 1990 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 101508 effective with respect to claims filed after Oct. 31, 1990, see section 8052(b) of Pub. L. 101508, set out as a note under section 105 of this title.

Construction of 1998 AmendmentPub. L. 105206, title IX, § 9014(a), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 865, provided that section 8202 of Pub. L. 105178 is amended generally and that the amendments made by that section as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made.